The Book Club, C. J. Cooper
The Book Club, C. J. Cooper
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The Book Club
'I raced through it' Harriet Tyce

Author: C. J. Cooper

Narrator: Mary Woodvine

Unabridged: 10 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/29/2021

Synopsis

EVERYONE IS HIDING A SECRET. ONE OF THEM IS MURDER.

'I raced through it - edgy, tense'
Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

'I for one am terrified of the woman next door!'
Louise Candlish, author of The Other Passenger

'Tightly plotted, edge-of-seat gripping'
Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They Grown

'Dark, twisty, claustrophobic'
Jo Spain, author of The Confession
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The book club was her idea, of course.

It was her way into our group. A chance to get close.

I knew from the day she arrived that she couldn't be trusted.

And I was right.

Alice didn't come to the village for peace and quiet.

She came for revenge.
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A deliciously addictive psychological thriller about a book club that unravels dark and scandalous secrets between one circle of neighbours. The perfect page-turner for fans of Big Little Lies and The Rumour.

What readers are saying about The Book Club:

'Wow. What a page turner'

'Couldn't put it down!!!'

'Truly a five-star debut'

'Absolutely addictive'

'Seriously page-turning, totally gripping'

'A thrilling read, found it hard to put down once I'd started. Loved the ending'

'Brilliant, a proper page turner'

'Dark and creepy'

'Loved it!'

'Gripping to the last page'

'Fast paced and will make your blood run cold!'

'Had me on the edge of my seat'

About C. J. Cooper

C. J. Cooper grew up in a small village in south Wales before moving to London as a student. She graduated with a degree in Ancient History and Egyptology and spent seven months as a development worker in Nepal. On her return to Britain she joined the civil service, where she worked for 17 years on topics ranging from housing support to flooding. She hung up her bowler hat when she discovered that she much preferred writing about psychotic killers to ministerial speeches. She lives in London with her husband and two cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula on August 20, 2019

Lucy has left her job after an affair with her boss (which she is still somewhat ashamed of), and is living in a village. She has become good friends with the other young people in the village: Maggie, Rebecca and Tom. Into their midst comes Alice, renting one of the cottages. She's the one who sugg......more

Goodreads review by Mellisa on January 29, 2021

Unfortunately another book that sounded so much better than it ended up being. Honestly, how none of them worked out Alice was turning them against each other is just beyond belief. I mean, someone new enters the friendship circle, gossip is being thrown about and suspicions are being made that were......more

Goodreads review by Louise on October 02, 2020

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 A new neighbour, Alice, moves into a small village. She's keen to make new friends and arranges coffee mornings and a book group. Alice has a strange fascination with her neighbour, Lucy. Each book that the book club read was aimed at one of the groups individual secrets tha......more

Goodreads review by Dale on November 08, 2020

Lucy moved in the village in the Cotswolds some months earlier and is starting to feel she has made friends, with Tom, Maggie, and Rebecca. Then a newcomer moves into the house next door to Lucy. Though she seems pleasant enough there is something about the newcomer Alice that just seems a bit off.......more

Goodreads review by Heather on January 26, 2025

Release Date: 30th May 2019 The book club was her idea, of course. Alice's. It was her way into our group. A chance to get close. I knew from the day she arrived that she couldn't be trusted. And I was right. Because Alice didn't come to the village for peace and quiet. She came for revenge. Lucy mov......more

Quotes

I loved this book - tightly plotted, edge-of-seat gripping and likely to make you want to avoid book groups for the foreseeable future!

I raced through it - edgy, tense and wry with great foreshadowing. No one has ever asked me to join a book club - now I think it's for the best!

A dark, twisty, claustrophobic read. I love those locked room novels (albeit locked village in this case!) . . . A thrilling psychological debut

Intensely twisty Peterborough Telegraph

Just finished The Book Club and I for one am terrified of the woman next door!

Intricately plotted, this gripping thriller is written with great style and has a host of wonderful characters to be loved and hated in equal measure

Smart, sassy . . . Midsomer Murders meets Desperate Housewives. Immensely entertaining, the growing sense of menace - of 'where have I seen you before?' - grips and chills in equal measures. An excellent confident debut!

An irresistible slow descent into darkness, with twist upon twist upon twist. C.J. Cooper's page-turner debut kept on surprising me right to the end. Brava!

A fabulous, page-turning read! Beautifully written and I loved the humour . . . Highly recommended!

Intuitive and addictive - a great debut

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